Taj ID please.

[Steve Shindig]

Hi, Can anyone tell me about this Taj frame please?  It's got the gusset HB stamp which I've been told is a Taiwan thing,  but it has a 1inch headtube and I thought Taiwan didn't produce 1inch Hoffmans?     Please fill me with your wisdom, many thanks.

[harris]

its a tai taj ,most almost all hoffmans upto late 90s had the 1" headtube se,ramp room and taiwan still used 1"
some condors went 1 1/8 a bit earlier but thats deffo a tai model

[Steve Shindig]

Right on, many thanks for info dude.

[Philbert]

i've got one of them. i was always under the impression that all the tai taj's had the stays capped. only the u.s ones were uncapped. thats just how i remember it as a rider in that period

[TwoBobRob]

Thats gotta be a 95 then?  Changeover year.  1" Ahead Superfork probably.

[Steve Shindig]

Really? This is what confused me, as my friend had a Ti Taj complete in 98, and it was 100% a 1/18th one.   

[harris]

i have a early model to compare yours with..

[RyanPartridge]

I don't know if this helps, but I thought it would be a cool place to post this. This is Kelly Baker's Taj frame that Taj gave him back in the day. It's the actual frame Taj is riding on the cover of Ride. According to Taj, it's the 4th one made and has no serial numbers on it. Kelly just scored some bars and is building it back up!

[rarman1]

i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars)

[Steve Shindig]

i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars)

Cool, wanna buy this Taj?   

[TwoBobRob]

Really? This is what confused me, as my friend had a Ti Taj complete in 98, and it was 100% a 1/18th one.   

Yeah, that would be right.  the 1" stuff didn't last for long in Taiwan.  A year maybe?

[rarman1]

i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars)

Cool, wanna buy this Taj?   

i am tempted

[Philbert]

i'm probably selling mine too soon.

got scratches but its original stickers and signed by the man himself

[showtime]

these are still pretty much my all time favourite framesets